Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Illustrator -- Search and Replace Text

This script introduces a basic feature that is missing from Illustrator. It allows you to search and replace text items in your current file, or in all open files.

You can use this tool for plain-text searches (replace "cat" with "dog") or even use Regular Expressions for your search (replace all instances of a four-digit number with another number).
The tool will process all the text frames in the file (or files) and will report how many changes it made when done.

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Hi! Welcome to my website, dedicated to the various custom-made tools I've created, mostly for working with PDF files.
My name is Gilad D., and I'm a software developer, specializing in creating the perfect solution for your needs, to make your work easier and more efficient. I do everything from small scripts in PDF forms, to dynamic stamps, to scripts that split files and extract their content, to entire stand-alone applications that can process hundreds of files...

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